12.19.12
Jay Bolden
Johnson Space Center, Houston
281-483-5111
RELEASE: J12-023
NASA ASTRONAUT DAVID WOLF LEAVES AGENCY
HOUSTON -- NASA astronaut David Wolf has left the agency to return to
private industry. Wolf is a veteran of five space shuttle flights and
a long-duration mission on the Russian Space Station Mir.
"I had the pleasure of working with Dave for years," said Bob Behnken,
chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in
Houston. "His leadership and expertise within our spacewalking
community was critical to the success of many shuttle and station
missions. We wish him the best in this new phase of his career, and
we will miss him greatly."
Wolf earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering
from Purdue University and a doctor of medicine from Indiana
University. He joined NASA in 1983, and was selected to the astronaut
corps in 1990. Before flying in space, he served in multiple
technical roles supporting Johnson Space Center’s Medical Services
Division.
In 2011, Wolf was inducted into the Space Foundation’s Space
Technology Hall of Fame for his work in developing the bioreactor, a
device that enables the growth of tissue, cancer tumors and virus
cultures outside the body in space and on Earth.
Wolf flew on five separate shuttle flights and spent 128 days aboard
Mir during NASA-MIR 6 in 1996. During NASA-MIR 6, he conducted one
spacewalk during the mission, using the Russian Orlan spacesuit.
He ends his NASA career after completing seven spacewalks, using both
the American and Russian spacesuits, and having logged 47 hours, 5
minutes of extravehicular activity.
For Wolf's complete biography, visit:
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wolf.html
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